UConn RulesAs a longtime fan of UConn basketball, I enjoyed your profile of Connecticut's remarkable scholar-athlete, Emeka Okafor (The Conn Game, April 12). Unfortunately, you did a disservice to...

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Of the many things a celebrity athlete might find himself on—Sports-Center, crack, trial, trading cards, steroids, suspension, the wagon, vacation, probation—time is seldom one of them. "I've been...

Investigators say Blues center Mike Danton conspired to murder the man who engineered his rise to the NHL

Steroid rumors and slow clockings are making an Olympian's life tough

0 Coaching changes made by Nashville's two major league franchises, the Titans and the Predators, in their six seasons of play in the city.

RecoveringFrom an inflamed heart and a lung infection, Diego Maradona, who in 2000 was voted by fans as the best soccer player of the 20th century. The 43-year-old former midfielder, who is best...

DiedOf a heart attack while playing tennis, Norris McWhirter, 78, who in 1954 compiled the first Guinness World Records with his twin brother, Ross. The McWhirters, sons of a British newspaper...

Good to be here. Just wondering: If David Beckham gets a red card, does he have to sit out his next two women on the side?

Georgetown's new basketball coach talks about taking over the now-struggling program his father made famous.

He didn't win the anchor spot on ESPN's Dream Job last month, but that doesn't mean Zach Selwyn doesn't have a future in broadcasting. Selwyn, 29, is doing color commentary for GSN's Extreme...

Proud Mary keep on rollin'. Sister Mary Prudentia hit the lanes for the first time in her life on April 18 as part of an annual event sponsored by a Wichita chapter of the Knights of Columbus that...

The Illinois state legislature passed a resolution declaring that the "Cubs Curse shall be no more."

DAVID AARDSMARecently demoted Giants pitcher who ended Hank Aaron's reign atop the alphabetical list of major league players: "I owe it all to my parents."

WHAT TO WATCH AND WATCH FOR

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Luke Vanderham, TIPTON, CALIF.BaseballLuke, a junior lefthander at Central Valley Christian High, tied a 37-year-old Central Section conference record by throwing his fourth no-hitter of the...

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THE GODFATHER: a. On Aug. 17, 1966, Mays hit homer number 535, passing Foxx for second place.

On the first Saturday in May, Kentuckians rally around the Kentucky Derby, the state's top sporting event and a party like no other

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This year's Derby looms as one of the most wide-open in history. Here are SI horse racing writer Tim Layden's picks with his odds.

The actress's love for UK basketball epitomizes a statewide passion

Kentuckians weigh in on sports*

On a scale of 1 to 100, how would you rate your state's enthusiasm for sports, relative to other states'?88.6Rank: 2nd of first 41 states polled

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The man saw and heard things, back in the States where he was wealthy and a Sunday star. The man saw and heard things in his mind's eye and mind's ear when he lay on pillows in $200-a-night hotel...

The Mavericks thought they couldn't lose in Dallas, until the Kings beat them there in Game 4 to take control of their first-round series

In the first test of his NFL career, quarterback Eli Manning bucked the draft and came out on top

After seeing his team go soft, Al Davis made sure the Raiders got some hard hitters high in the draft

Even highly successful coaches have learned that winning doesn't guarantee security

Teams changing coaches since the end of the 2001 season: 16 of 32

Teams changing managers since the end of the 2001 season: 21 of 30

Teams changing coaches since the end of the 2001 season: 20 of 30

Teams changing coaches since the end of the 2001 season: 21 of 29

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Agent Bob LaMonte represents NFL coaches on the rise

The buildup of pressure on college coaches has led to scandal and distaste for the job

Minneapolis and Washington top SI's short lists of best and worst cities in which to coach

At 14, Michelle Wie is poised, confident, brilliant, brattish, driven—and able to blast a golf ball 290 yards. She and her parents have an ambitious plan to dominate golf. Women's golf, men's...

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Now thriving in L.A., Milton Bradley has a message to send to Cleveland

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HANDLE WITH CARE

1. Orioles rookie lefthander Matt Riley's curveball is gaining a reputation that rivals the A's Barry Zito's sweeper. Says one American League scout, "Barry's is softer. This is a power curve....

His jaw mended, Jeremy Roenick of the Flyers has a new playoff style

Coaching adjustments have buoyed the Red Wings. After Detroit lost Games 3 and 4 to the Predators in round I, coach Dave Lewis put Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg on a line together to create...

Vitali Klitschko finally proved his mettle by seizing the WBC title

Champion Klitschko, for all the excitement this bout generated, could be stranded in a future of nonsense bouts because the other three heavyweight champions, the WBO's Lamon Brewster, IBF's Chris...

Anchor's AwayMarion Jones takes a handoff from Inger Miller as she starts her victorious run on the last leg of the women's 4x100-meter race at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia last weekend. It was...

All day, in San Jose, the parents of late NFL star Pat Tillman were seeing their son get the kind of attention he would've hated: his face on CNN, teddy bear memorials, a tribute from the White House.